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Recent Examples of ice storm
The Euro model, which has been more accurate in handling these shortwave troughs over the next week, has a major ice storm occurring as the rain arrives.
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks already had a game rescheduled earlier this season because of an ice storm and faces a crowded calendar moving forward, including a March 31 trip to Milwaukee.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
As unpredictable climate events like the recent ice storm become more frequent, this certainly won’t be the last time that venues and musicians will have to consider such issues.
—Margaret Littman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
The first was late January’s destructive snow and ice storm that tracked across the South and then up along the East Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks already had a game rescheduled earlier this season because of an ice storm and faces a crowded calendar moving forward, including a March 31 trip to Milwaukee.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
As unpredictable climate events like the recent ice storm become more frequent, this certainly won’t be the last time that venues and musicians will have to consider such issues.
—Margaret Littman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
The first was late January’s destructive snow and ice storm that tracked across the South and then up along the East Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ice storm
Noun
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Roberto Ortiz descends from Hope Pass race during a brief snowstorm during the Leadville 100 trail run on August 19, 2017, in Colorado.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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There had just been a snowstorm and the plane wasn’t able to taxi all the way to the gate.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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In March, much of that precipitation fell as snow, including in an enormous blizzard that brought 3 feet of snow to parts of Michigan.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards!—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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According to San Diego County, snake sightings are up across the region due to warmer-than-usual weather in March.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of foreign climbers and about the same number of Nepalese guides and helpers are expected to attempt to scale the mountain next month when there are a few brief windows of favorable weather.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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What started as a joyous snowball fight Monday in New York City morphed into a political tempest after residents began pelting police officers with snow and ice.—
Tim Craig,
Washington Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ice%20storm. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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